text: For the simplest embodiment of linearly-polarized microwave scattering in the absence of magnetic depolarization, three regimes may arise due to the correlation between scatterers. The Thomson regime refers to free plasma electrons oscillating in-phase with the incident microwave field. The total scattering cross-section of an independent electron then coincides with the classical Thomson cross section and is independent of the microwave wavelength λ. Second, Shneider-Miles scattering (SM, often referred to as collisional scattering) refers to collision-dominated electron motion with displacement oscillations shifted 90 degrees with respect to the irradiating field. The total scattering cross-section correspondingly exhibits a ω dependency - a unique regime made possible through interparticle interactions. Finally, the Rayleigh scattering regime can be observed which is associated with restoring-force-dominated electron motion and shares a ω dependence with its volumetric polarizability optical counterpart. In this case the "scattering particle" refers to the entire plasma object. As such, plasma expansion may cause a transition towards Mie scattering. Note that the Rayleigh regime refers to small particle ω scattering here, rather than an even broader small-dipole approximation of the radiation.